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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
[ THE EBITOB docs not hohl himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents /] « MASONRY IN SCOTLAND . "Undoubtedly of late years , the intellectual developemcnt of the people has made r . apid progress . Tbry are now pressing close upon us ; and we can onlj hope to retain our repective positions , not by the vain attempt to arrest < Aeir progress , but by endeavouring to accelerate our own . "—KARL OF ABEUIIEEN" , 1 S 37 . " Masonry must not stand still ; for , if she hesitates ever so little , time will pass , and she li-iil be distanced in the race . "—ZDr . Oi . lvvn , 1849 .
SIR AND "BROTHER , —There is a change taking place in the lodges of Scotland—a change even in the Grand Lodge itself . Improvements , not innovations , are beginning- to be introduced , which some time since would have been considered hopeless hy the most sanguine brethren ; motions are being made , ivhich ivill ultimately tend to improve anil benefit the Craft . These alterations have only to be urjjcd hy the lodges in a purely Masonic spirit , in order to slieiv that Freemasonry ivill take iis positionas of oldin advance of all other institutions for
, , the practical evidences of Benevolence , Charity , and . Respectability . Some of ihcse improvements may be claimed by parties , anxious to be considered as the best well-wishers of the Masonic hotly ; but ihe brethren must take care , to view ivith due caution every action , and weigh , well what may be its consequences . Of late , a difference of opinion has arisen in Grand Lodge relating ' to " the Fund for the Education of tlie Daughters of Tret-watuns , " and
the correspondence between two officials in connection therewith . Into the motives of the one or the other , ive ivill not pretend io enter , because there lias evidently been want of courtesy on both sides , and personal feeling mixed up with the matter , ivhu . li ought not to have been introduced into Masonic discussions , but which , unhappily , sometimes finds an entrance even there , from the natural infitinii y of liumim nature , and from its pronencss to fallibitv . As to the funds of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , it is complained that the brethren do not receive a clear anil distinct statement of the
remittances of the subordinate lodges , and from other sources ( Provincial Master ' s commission , & c ) , and lhat there is no clear and distinct statement of the money paid out , as there ought to be , to show to whatpurposes it is applied . The law ( never acted up to , however , ) which stood in the Old Law s and Constitutions , bin n hit h is not to be found in those published , in 1848 ,, was excellent , w hich ruled that " An order for the whole salary ami fees payable to these offiiers ( i . e ., the Secretary and Clerk ) , shall , at the expiration of every quarter of a j car , be passed on the Grand
Treasurer in their favour . " The statement , given once a year to the lodgcs , does not observe this law , and , in ci > iisc . 'i ] ii <' nte , f'onfusioiihas been produced in the minds of many Brethren , which leads iheni to impute motives , the bare suspicion of which ought , ou no account , to be induced .
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
[ THE EBITOB docs not hohl himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents /] « MASONRY IN SCOTLAND . "Undoubtedly of late years , the intellectual developemcnt of the people has made r . apid progress . Tbry are now pressing close upon us ; and we can onlj hope to retain our repective positions , not by the vain attempt to arrest < Aeir progress , but by endeavouring to accelerate our own . "—KARL OF ABEUIIEEN" , 1 S 37 . " Masonry must not stand still ; for , if she hesitates ever so little , time will pass , and she li-iil be distanced in the race . "—ZDr . Oi . lvvn , 1849 .
SIR AND "BROTHER , —There is a change taking place in the lodges of Scotland—a change even in the Grand Lodge itself . Improvements , not innovations , are beginning- to be introduced , which some time since would have been considered hopeless hy the most sanguine brethren ; motions are being made , ivhich ivill ultimately tend to improve anil benefit the Craft . These alterations have only to be urjjcd hy the lodges in a purely Masonic spirit , in order to slieiv that Freemasonry ivill take iis positionas of oldin advance of all other institutions for
, , the practical evidences of Benevolence , Charity , and . Respectability . Some of ihcse improvements may be claimed by parties , anxious to be considered as the best well-wishers of the Masonic hotly ; but ihe brethren must take care , to view ivith due caution every action , and weigh , well what may be its consequences . Of late , a difference of opinion has arisen in Grand Lodge relating ' to " the Fund for the Education of tlie Daughters of Tret-watuns , " and
the correspondence between two officials in connection therewith . Into the motives of the one or the other , ive ivill not pretend io enter , because there lias evidently been want of courtesy on both sides , and personal feeling mixed up with the matter , ivhu . li ought not to have been introduced into Masonic discussions , but which , unhappily , sometimes finds an entrance even there , from the natural infitinii y of liumim nature , and from its pronencss to fallibitv . As to the funds of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , it is complained that the brethren do not receive a clear anil distinct statement of the
remittances of the subordinate lodges , and from other sources ( Provincial Master ' s commission , & c ) , and lhat there is no clear and distinct statement of the money paid out , as there ought to be , to show to whatpurposes it is applied . The law ( never acted up to , however , ) which stood in the Old Law s and Constitutions , bin n hit h is not to be found in those published , in 1848 ,, was excellent , w hich ruled that " An order for the whole salary ami fees payable to these offiiers ( i . e ., the Secretary and Clerk ) , shall , at the expiration of every quarter of a j car , be passed on the Grand
Treasurer in their favour . " The statement , given once a year to the lodgcs , does not observe this law , and , in ci > iisc . 'i ] ii <' nte , f'onfusioiihas been produced in the minds of many Brethren , which leads iheni to impute motives , the bare suspicion of which ought , ou no account , to be induced .